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Lucas Hadding
1
Grinnell GRINNELL 7-7
8
Winner Rhodes RHODES 12-8
Grinnell GRINNELL
7-7
1
Final
8
Rhodes RHODES
12-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Grinnell GRINNELL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 5
Rhodes RHODES 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 X 8 11 1

W: A. Carron (0-0) L: Runkel, Jakob (0-0)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Ted Schultz

GC baseball team strikes early before Rhodes rallies for victory

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Grinnell College baseball team broke out to a 1-0 lead against Rhodes College Sunday, but the hosts followed with a two-run fourth inning and ended up pulling away for an 8-1 victory.

The Pioneers rapped out seven hits in the game, with Nikolas Ruden '26 and Mac McCain '25 each getting two hits and Ben Kelly '25, Lucas Hadding '24 and Cole Philpott '25 adding one apiece.

In the second inning, Kelly reached base on an error, took second when Hadding bunted for a single, went to third on Joe Chanis' '27 sacrifice bunt and scored on Philpott's groundout

After Rhodes scored twice in the fourth inning, the hosts added three runs in the fifth and three more in the eighth.

Jakob Runkel '26 worked 4.1 innings on the mound and struck out four while being the pitcher of record.  Ajay Griffin '27 pitched 2.2 innings and fanned one batter and Ben Cerrato '25 finished off the game.

Grinnell, 7-7, plays at Hendrix College Monday. Rhodes improved to 12-8.
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